Bibliography on Mimosa pigra

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Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth

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Bibliography on Mimosa pigra

PDF, Articles, Books on
Mimosa pigra and Mimosa pudica

AHMAD, H., SEHGAL, S., MISHRA, A. and GUPTA, R.
2012
Mimosa pudica L. (Laajvanti): An overview. Pharmacognosy Review 6(12): 115-124

Available Online:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459453/

ALLEN, R. D.
1969
Mechanism of the Seismonastic Reaction in Mimosa pudica. American Society of Plants Biologists.

Available Online:
www.plantphysiol.org/content/44/8/1101.short

AMALRAJ, T. and IGNACIMUTHU, S.
2002
Hyperglycemic effect of leaves of Mimosa pudica Linn. Vol 73, Issue 4. Pages 351-352.

Available Online:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0367326X02000795

AZMI, Lubna, KUMAR, Manish Singh and Ali KAMAL
2011
Pharmacological and biological overview on Mimosa pudica Linn. International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. 2(11).

Free Download:
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e238/cd8b530ce96413d4f6c7edf58172631c6904.pdf

BARRIENTOS, Christian, ELÍAS, Diego and Yasmín QUINTANA
2015
Fishes from Lake Yaxhá, Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala. Vol. 11, No. 5. Art. 1751

Available Online:
www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/view/11.5.1751/15949

Note: Information of Mimosa Pigra available on page 2

BARNEBY, R. C.
1991
Sensitivae Censitae. A description of the genus Mimosa L. (Mimosaceae) in the New World. 835 pages.

Available Online:
http://antbase.org/ants/publications/nybg/Mimosa%20NY-Botanical_gardens
_Vol.%2065%20-%20Copy.pdf

CAMARGO, Sara, GRETHER, Rosaura, MARTÍNEZ, Angélica, GARCÍA, Verónica and Saraí BARRIOS DEL ROSAL
2001
Especies útiles del género Mimosa (Fabraceae-Mimosoideae) en México. No. 68. Pages 33-44

Available Online:
www.botanicalsciences.com.mx/index.php/botanicalSciences/article/view/1634/1283

CAMARGO, S. L. and GRETHER, R.
1998
Germinación, dispersión y establecimiento de plántulas de Mimosa tenuiflora (Leguminosae) en México. Vol. 46, No. 3

Available Online:
www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77441998000300007&script=sci_arttext

FONDEVILLE, J. C., BORTHWICK, H. A. and S. B. HENDRICKS
1966
Leaflet movement of Mimosa pudica L. Indicative of phytochrome action. Planta (Berl.) 69, 357-364.

Available Online:
www.jstor.org/stable/23366053?seq=1

KOKANE, D. D., MORE, R. Y., KALE, M. B., NEHETE, M. N., MEHENDALE, P. C. and C. H. GADGOLI
2009
Evaluation of wound healing activity of root of Mimosa pudica. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 124 (2), 311-315.

Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/24365080_Evaluation_of_wound_healing
_activity_of_root_of_Mimosa_pudica

JOSEPH, B., GEORGE, J. and J. MOHAN
2013
Pharmacology and Traditional Uses of Mimosa pudica. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research 5(2): 41-44.

Free Download:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Jency_George/publication/288261991
_Pharmacology_and_Traditional_Uses_of_Mimosa_pudica/links/
587a5a4408ae9a860fe8923e/Pharmacology-and-Traditional-Uses-of-Mimosa-pudica.pdf

MILLER, I. L.
2004
Uses for Mimosa pigra. Research and management of Mimosa pigra. Pages 63-67.

HEARD, T. and PAYNTER, Q.
2009
Mimosa pigra L. (Leguminosae) Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods Cambridge University. Pages 256–273

Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/287624851_Mimosa_pigra_L_Leguminosae

HEARD, T.
n.d.
The taxonomy of Mimosa pigra L. CSIRO Entomology, Long Pocket Laboratories. Queensland, Australia.

Free Download:
www.researchgate.net/publication/242749085_The_taxonomy_of_Mimosa_pigra_L

REYES, F.
2015
Estructura y composición de las comunidades de macrófitas acuáticas de las lagunas de Quexil, Sacab, Yaxhá, Petenchel, Sacpuy, Salpetén y Macanché. Ciencia & Conservación. No 6. Pages 14-24.

Available Online:
http://c3.usac.edu.gt/admin_revindex/articulos/editor7-r336_pi14_pfi24_ra28002_Reyes_FINAL_p02-12.pdf

Suggested webpages with photos and information on Mimosa pigra

Mimosa pigra

https://florabonaerense.blogspot.com/2018/01/carpinchera-mimosa-pigra.html
Information and photos

www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=41
Information

http://international_extension.ifas.ufl.edu/LaFlor/weeds-of-costa-rica/MALEZAS/
Leguminosas/mimosa-pigra.shtml
Photos

http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mimosa+pigra
Information and photos

https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/
Mimosa_pigra_(Giant_Sensitive_Plant).htm
Information and photos

www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34199
Information

Mimosa pudica

www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/mimosaceae/mimosa-pudica/fichas/ficha.htm
Information

www.lifeder.com/mimosa-pudica/
Information and photos

https://colombia.inaturalist.org/taxa/51921-Mimosa-pudica
Photos, information and map distribution